Corporate responsibility and labour rights codes of conduct in the global economy

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jenkins, Rhys Owen, 1948- (-), Pearson, Ruth, 1945-, Seyfang, Gill, 1969-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Earthscan Publications c2002.
Edición:1st edition
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy; Copyright; Contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; List of figures, tables and boxes; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; PART ONE: CODES OF CONDUCT AND GLOBAL DEREGULATION; Chapter 2: The political economy of codes of conduct; Chapter 3: Labour rights/corporate responsibilities: the role of ILO labour standards; Chapter 4: 'I'll tell you what I want ...': women workers and codes of conduct; Chapter 5: Mapping codes through the value chain: from researcher to detective
  • PART TWO: CODES OF CONDUCT - PERSPECTIVES FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN THE GLOBAL PRODUCTION CHAINS Stakeholder perspectives: Chapter 6: Beyond codes: lessons from the Pentland experience; Chapter 7: The international trade union movement and the new codes of conduct; Chapter 8: The emperor's new clothes: what codes mean for workers in the garment industry; Chapter 9: Can codes of conduct help home-based workers?; Chapter 10: 'Made in China': rules and regulations versus codes of conduct in the toy sector; Chapter 11: The contradictions in codes: the Sri Lankan experience
  • Chapter 12: The potential of codes as part of women's organizations' strategies for promoting the rights of women workers: a Central America perspective Chapter 13: The fox guarding the chicken coop: garment industry monitoring in Los Angeles; Practical issues in developing and implementing codes: Chapter 14: Working with codes: perspectives from the Clean Clothes Campaign; Chapter 15: ETI: a multi-stakeholder approach; Chapter 16: Monitoring the monitors: a critique of third-party labour monitoring; Chapter 17: Code monitoring in the informal Fair Trade sector: the experience of Oxfam GB
  • Appendix I: Useful web sitesIndex